james kirchick? james: i don't disagree that president trump, certainly in terms of his foreign policy, has been more successful than those of us who consider ourselves to be critics of him, would have expected. i think that is partly because he is governing not really as he campaigned. particularly on russia. ofch was really a concern someone like myself who considers russia to be a very serious threat to the united states and its allies. president trump campaigned as probably the most pro-russian presidential candidate since henry wallace. in 1948. ,e praised vladimir putin speculated that we might recognize the annexation of crimea but he has not governed that way. he has actually governed quite kishly. -- haw the number of russian diplomats that have been expelled is the highest ever. he is not fulfilling his promise is particularly on that issue. i am happy to see that. and i am happy to acknowledge that. host: i want to come back to the idea of foreign leaders appealing to president trump by fl

james kirchick will join us. and later today, our look at -- our weekly spotlight of a magazine and we look at caregiving. we will be right back. p.m.,day evening at 7:00 james comey will be live on book tv on c-span2 in primetime. with his best-selling autobiography, "a higher loyalty." theill discuss several of issues he faced as fbi director including the russian investigation, hillary clinton seem else, and his views on president trump. watch james kobe live -- james comey monday at 7:00 p.m. eastern. for nearly 20 years, in depth on book tv has featured the nation's best-known nonfiction writers for live conversations about their books. this year as a special project, we are featuring best-selling feet -- fiction writers. join us live sunday, may 6 at noon eastern with david baldock he. his most recent book is " fallen." his other novels include and games, absolute power which became a major motion picture plus 30 novels. he has written six novels for younger readers including, "the width of the world." durin

coming up on today's washington journal, james kirchick from the brookings institution talks about relations between the u.s. and europe after meetings this week at the white house between president trump and the leaders of france and germany. then, rational cap a'dia with barron's magazine

james kirchick will discuss relation of the u.s. and senior editor talks about he recent piece on how to curve the cost of care giving. and gary herbert will be with us. be sure to watch our "washington journal," live on 7:00 a.m. eastern morning, join the discussion. >> coming up saturday, remarks from president trump at the campaign rally at macomb county, michigan. see president trump's comment live from michigan starting at 7:00 p.m. eastern on our companion network, c-span. after that, we'll have live coverage of this year's white house correspondents' dinner from washington. entertainment would be michelle wolff and correspond with trevor noah. it starts at 9:30 p.m. on c-span. sunday morning on 1968, america in turmoil. we look at the media's role in shaping how americans experience the event of 50 years ago. our guests, nbc journalist and founding director of the harvard university on media politics and public policy. the vietnam war, david hum hume kennerly and marvin kalb. watch it live on sunday at 8:30 a.m. on c-span 3 a

eight years of the obama administration and now the roles been flipped a very good speech of that james kirchick speaking to us from washington d.c. thank you and the time. still to come on they sound is there a new sound romania's prime minister under pressure to resign over plans to relocate the country's israeli embassy the law changes that could make it easier for members of the u.k. che course island community to get british citizenship and it's more liverpool's manager call for calm has the club holds urgent safety talks ahead of their champions league game in rome. three more palestinians have been killed after israeli forces opened fire on a crowd of protesters along gaza israel's border they are the latest deaths in a series of protests being held in the run up to the seventieth anniversary other than of the nakba on hundreds of thousands of palestinians who were forced from their homes stephanie decker reports from east girls. it happened all of a sudden a surge towards the border fence running in a different direction from where the protests have been focused all day the israeli soldi

coming up saturday morning, author james kirchick will discuss relations between the u.s. and europe. and then barron's magazine editor talks about curbing the cost of editing. >>> and top policy issues in the state is part of the 50 capitals tour. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" saturday morning. join the discussion. >>> saturday our live coverage of the 16th annapolis book festival starts at 10:00 a.m. including chris math chathews w his book. and april ryan with her book "the presidency in black and white: my up close views of four presidents and race in america." and tech entrepreneur -- and new agenda co-founder amy siskin with her book "the list." and journalist garrett grant for his book "raven rock." the story of the u.s. government's secret plan to save itself while the rest of us die. watch live coverage of the annapolis book festival saturday beginning at 10:00 a.m. on c-span2's book tv. >>> coming up saturday, rematches from president trump at a campaign rally in macomb county, michigan. that event taking place at about the same time as this year